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Escaped Prisoner From Walnut Hill Recaptured; Woman Charged With Helping Him
March 2, 2013
A Walnut Hill man wanted for escaping from a work release program is back behind bars.
Ronald Wayne Boone, Jr., 35, walked away from his work release assignment on February 22. Deputies caught up with him Thursday at a hotel on Plantation Road. He was charged with escape and returned to the Escambia County Jail without bond.
Linda Faye Slayton, age 32 of Pace, was charged with aiding an escape for allegedly helping Boone. She is also facing amphetamine possession and possession of drug paraphernalia. She remained in the Escambia County Jail Saturday with bond set at $11,000.
Bone was serving time on charges that included grand theft auto. An Escambia County deputy spotted a black Ford Mustang in January 2012 with a paper tag while on routine patrol in the area of North Highway 99 and Lambert Bridge Road. The deputy recognized the vehicle has one that was reported stolen by the Atmore Police Department.
He followed the vehicle north on Highway 99 to Highway 4 and then north on Highway 97 while awaiting the arrival of backup. As backup arrived, a traffic stop was conducted in Davisville on Highway 97 at the Piggly Wiggly, just south of the Alabama state line.
At the time of his arrest, Boone was wanted on an outstanding grand theft auto charge in connection with a 2000 GMC Sonoma reported stolen January 2 from the 4700 block of West Highway 4.
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21 Responses to “Escaped Prisoner From Walnut Hill Recaptured; Woman Charged With Helping Him”
Mustyouknow, you know this how? I do know for a fact, that it states LEO. This is something you do not know anything about. If I were you I would take my own advice. My husband & another sergeant has had cops ask them why they didnt say they were leo’s & their reply was, they were not looking for any favoritism. So I don’t know where you got your info., but it was & is wrong.
curious:
Since when does NCIC show that the tag or drivers license that is being ran belong to a LEO???? It doesn’t! Yes, CO’s are officers of the LAW and deserve the same respect but please know what you are talking about before you go posting such.
Example:
When a LEO run’s a drivers license it comes back:
Joe Blow
1234 Hwy 567
Anywhere, USA
DOB 10/23/1957 White Male Restrictions: None or Corrective Lenses
History: Speeding with FHP 5/2012 Guilty
DUI with Atmore PD 3/2010 Guilty
No where does it say if the individual is a LEO, CO, Firefighter, Attorney General, etc
Well said COWife & also to those who doesn’t know everything a CO is law enforcement just inside a correctional facility. For ex: if one of the CO’s gets pulled over for having a tail light out, it comes up as LEO not CO & yes lights do go out & people may not realize their out until they get pulled over & no you can’t blame leo’s their just doing their jobs.
Troubled, on those work release programs their not watched by guards their sometimes making you a burger at McDonalds, so give the guards some slack if you think their not doing a good job, go work as a guard, and do better, if you can. I just love it when others think they can do better, without trying. It also seems that some peopl know everything about nothing. LOL
@David Huie Green
The point that I was trying to make was that when the public or media use the term guard, it reminds most people of the way things used to be, back when you could just apply for the job as easily as you could any other job, that basically, required no training at all. With movie references meaning back when it was just men swinging a club any time the inmates said or did anything wrong. Perhaps derogatory would have been a more suitable word than disrespectful.
The State changed the following terms: prison to correctional facility/institution; guard to officer; inmate to offender, etc.
I didn’t write or revise the Florida Statutes that refer to this title as Correctional Officer, just like you didn’t write or revise the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
There are strict requirements from the State & CJSTC that require a basic recruit curriculum (after other qualifications are met) of about 500-hours and upon completion, pass the (timed) 300-question State OFFICER Certification Examination.
Felons are sent to facilities to attempt to correct their behavior. Does it always work? Of course not. But that’s not the officer’s fault any more than it’s the LEOs fault that they got arrested in the first place. They’re all just performing the job that they’re paid to do-protecting the public.
The idea of officer is just like you refer to police officers, except a CO’s “arresting” powers only lie within the facility itself. It’s like a city within a city (including church, dentists, doctors, psychologists, stores, jail (confinement,) sports, houses, barbershops, etc.,) with the worst of the worst being the population.
Most officers know they’re doing a good, yet thankless job. They just want a little respect for the service they provide, and not be thought of in the same regards as the criminals that they supervise.
A big thanks to the person that called in the tip on these two…
@David for properly descriptive words
As a CO, it was described to me when hired 8 years ago that the name change to Correctional Officer, was due to our wonderful “kinder,more friendly” state government. The new name “Correctional Officer and Correctional Facility” (and everything that comes with it) allows the local and state government to give/receive funding for all these extra classes, behind bars rehabs (AA), Bible courses ECT….in hopes of Correcting this criminals. When in fact, all these corrective measures do is allow more movement for inmates, more chances to smuggle items in, more civilians with hug a thug attitudes into the facility (which leads to SEVERAL issues), more rights then the citizens they wronged, more medical treatment then any veteran out there (cant tell you how many females wait till a week before their due date to turn themselves in hoping for free deliverary), and more reasons to come back to jail. More people need to focus their anger of law enforcement to a State and Federal level. The line officers on the road and behind the walls with the inmates you lock your doors to get away from have little rights or ability to do anything because the justice system also works against them and for the criminals. If we as citizens could stop trying to correct these inmates by giving them a free ride, and more rights then any law abiding citizen by laws of our government and start punishing them for their crimes maybe the crime rate would go down and this “kinder, more friendly” world would be just that instead of going to H@$$ in a hand basket where fear of our neighbor runs rampant.
COGITATING UPON:
The term “guard” is disrespectful to the men & women that put their lives on the line every day supervising the violent felons in state & county correctional facilities across this great land. What you seen in movies like the Shawshank Redemption & The Green Mile were guards. The politically correct title for these educated & highly trained brave men & women is: Correctional Officer. The only thing they guard is the public, such as yourself, “
Which leads immediately to the question of why the term “guard” would ever be considered disrespectful. It is descriptive. It is useful. It is noble, just like the word “guardian.”
In contrast, do they really correct inmates? Maybe sometimes, but usually?
And “officer“? If needed since it does include the concept of a position of trust just as the name “guard” states.
Admittedly, troubled, was being disrespectful but that has nothing to do with the name used. Perhaps a variation of Jessie Jackson’s “Black is beautiful” campaign, to convince yourselves the truth that you are doing a good thing. And be sure to oust any of the few who violate that trust.
David for properly descriptive words
1st glad they are off the streets. 2nd ….. as a wife of a CO ……. Every night when my husband goes off to work to watch TONS of inmates, and in a prison that is usually understaffed, I pray that he makes it home each morning safely. ESPECIALLY for his children’s sake. Most of those officers work their tails off keeping us all safe and put themselves in danger to do it.
I will not say ALL but hey I think anyone of us that has worked in an office or with coworkers….. knows theres always at least one slacker.
But just to reiterate these COs really do put up with ALOT. And they are there to protect US ALL in the long run. And if you feel uneasy about the fact that they are put in heightened “danger” due alot to being short staffed or short on supplies …… PLEASE feel free to send you complaints to the local and STATE powers that are in charge of that. Our family would appreciate it
@troubled
You have no idea what you are talking about. The term “guard” is disrespectful to the men & women that put their lives on the line every day supervising the violent felons in state & county correctional facilities across this great land. What you seen in movies like the Shawshank Redemption & The Green Mile were guards. The politically correct title for these educated & highly trained brave men & women is: Correctional Officer. The only thing they guard is the public, such as yourself, who would never dream of walking a day in their shoes because of the danger associated with the job.
That cell phone that you speak of is the only protection that the work squad officers (or you) have between them and an absconding felon besides pepper spray & a radio, and these are the lower custody level inmates.
Try doing a little research before you open your mouth and post condescending & disrespectful remarks about professionals that protect you & your family while you sleep soundly in your bed at night.
As Blane said, if you think that you can do a better job of supervising these felons & can meet the criteria, they’re always hiring.
Don’t go getting on the county’s officers. You’re more likely to see them working than the inmates.
I agree with blane. U can’t blame the guards. If u want to lay blame blame the system. Ronnie has been trouble with the law since he was fifteen. And major trble at that and received a slap on the hand each time. His public record proves that. But sum frst offenders give the max cuz sumbdy was 2 make them an example. They need to keep him locked u b4 sumbdy gets hurt or worse!
Response to “troubled”:
This wasn’t a county prisoner. The BCC wasn’t responsible for the inmate. No guard was assigned to watch Boone.
For those nearing the end of the state prison sentence, they are often sent to a work release center,where they either perform work for the facility they are assigned or allowed to got to work if they can obtain a job. Boone had a job a local tire company. He walked away from that job. Its not uncommon to have state inmates walk away (or fail to return) from their work release jobs.
When you see inmates working along the road, these are often road crews inmates. They can be state inmates (usually will have a white van or large yellow truck) or County inmates (large green trucks). Those inmates assigned to road crews are better supervised than your comments give credit.
These groups may be supervised by a Correctional Officer or a Civilian.
He will never learn. He shud have never been eligible for work release. He has been givin more then enuf chances 2 do what’s right and chose this life instead. He has embarressed his family and most of all he has hurt his daughter once again. And for that I hope he gets the maximum!!!
People crack me up with the “blame the guards” comments. 1) Work release is on Fairfield and the inmates leave and return on there own. Yes, the guy at the store next to you, the girl serving your sushi, and the kid changing your oil….they are work release inmates. The are counted at night and serve their time in the community working. There are no guards watching them, there is just you and your belongings/services being rendered. Is is you that should be blamed for this guy walking away from washing your car at Simoniz? 2) County Road Prison/ Berrydale Work Camp have work crews. while I agree that sometimes it seems like the inmates are a little to spread out for one person to be able to keep an eye on all, it goes back to the fact that if their assigned job is not finished the same public that cries that they arent being watched will be the ones crying that no-ones doing their job and that it didnt get finished. Officers can not have a hand on every shovel in order to “keep better watch” 3) If you dont like the way things are done that you see…..get hired yourself and watch them better
He should learn his lesson with about 10 years behind bars, and she needs at least 3 years out of the picture…too harsh ,too bad…they choose to live outside the law…
This woman is married to a convict at a local correctional facility, and helped a different convict escape from work release. Great taste in men, wouldn’t you say? At least she knows were her husband and boyfriend will be at night…..
For me work release would have been looking good. Just sayin.
I wonder if the guards that are supposed to watch them got out of it? Any time I see the “good prisioners” out working, I alsosee the guards on cell phones,smoking, laughing and pointing,ect… These people went to jail for doing something wrong, they need to be supervised a little better. Maybe instead of gi
ving the E-CAT money, the county com. could give money to train guards!!!!! It’s just a thought.
When is Ronnie gonna learn? I have known him my whole life and he was not rasied like this! What ashame for your family. What about your daughter? She does not deserve this! Good thing she has a good mama to keep her from being just like him! It’s time to grow up. Im pretty sure no one is surprised by this!
Well well……when will he ever learn!